Practical AI for real business value.
Aidan Crawford helps business owners and association leaders identify their most valuable AI opportunities, build practical solutions and prepare their people to use them confidently.
Flagship implementation offer
For associations and membership organizations ready to reduce repetitive work, improve member service or create new revenue—not spend another quarter discussing AI strategy.
Additional ways to work with Aidan
Start with a defined system, an important decision or the capability your people need. Each path is designed around a practical business outcome.
Consulting & implementation
For organizations with a costly bottleneck, slow handoff or valuable opportunity that needs more than another experiment.
Private advisory
For owners and leaders who need an experienced, vendor-neutral second opinion on priorities, products, partners or proposals.
Training & workshops
For teams and associations that want practical, responsible AI adoption grounded in the work people actually do.
What the work is designed to change
Success measures depend on the engagement. The constant is a clear business objective, practical human oversight and a system people can continue using after the project.
Reduce repetitive work and shorten avoidable delays.
Surface useful information and next actions sooner.
Compare realistic options with the business value in view.
Give people clear processes, guardrails and practical support.
“The strategies he develops are designed to create dollars—not merely eyeballs.”
“You truly are the go-to marketing guy.”
Built in the real world
Short Circuit Media develops and operates its own AI products, recurring memberships and professional communities. The advice is informed by the practical realities of product design, adoption, marketing, sales and ongoing delivery.
Opportunity intelligence
A working AI product that helps professional speakers find, qualify and pursue high-fit opportunities.
Explore AI StageFinderProfessional community
A paid community built around relationships, market intelligence and practical business development.
Visit the communityBusiness-building membership
A recurring membership that turns expertise, tools and weekly guidance into a stronger speaking business.
Visit the clubWhere Short Circuit Media creates the most value
About Aidan Crawford
Aidan is an author, consultant and AI strategist who founded Short Circuit Media in 2010. He has spent more than two decades helping speakers, consultants, associations and business owners turn expertise into stronger products, better marketing and recurring revenue.
Today, he builds practical AI tools, advises organizations and runs paid communities. Clients get the strategic perspective of an adviser and the grounded judgement of someone responsible for making products, systems and offers work in the real world.
Looking for Aidan as a speaker? Visit CrawfordSpeaks.comA useful place to begin
Before choosing a tool, ask three questions:
Frequently asked questions
It is a six-week, $12,500 engagement for associations and membership organizations. Short Circuit Media audits repetitive work, prioritizes the strongest opportunities, implements three practical AI workflows, and provides training, documentation and rollout support.
Short Circuit Media provides practical AI consulting and implementation, private advisory and coaching, and training for businesses and associations. The work begins with a business outcome—not a favourite AI tool.
No. A useful engagement can begin with a bottleneck, repetitive process, growth opportunity or difficult decision. We then identify the simplest credible path to business value.
No. Tools are evaluated against the workflow, existing systems, risk, cost and the people who will use them. The recommendation follows the business need.
Short Circuit Media is based in Mississauga, Ontario and works with clients in Canada, the United States and Ireland, virtually and in person where appropriate.
A practical first step
Bring the bottleneck, repetitive task, growth opportunity or difficult decision. We will identify the strongest next move.
